At the Pastry Shop 在点心店

 　　Key Sentences（重点句子）

　　What can I do for you，Madam！

　　夫人，您要买什么？

　　I'd like to buy two boxes of Chinese moon cakes.

　　我想买两盒中国月饼。

　　We have the Guangdong style and the Suzhou style.

　　我们有广式的和苏式的。

　　Which do you want？

　　您要哪种？

　　Sorry，bananas are out of season now.

　　对不起，现在是香蕉淡季。

　　I'll take these ten oranges.

　　我就买这10个桔子。

　　Forty yuan for the moon cakes and seven yuan for the oranges.

　　月饼40元桔子是7元。

　　That'll be forty seven yuan in all.

　　一共是47元。

　　I'd like to buy some Chinese cakes.

　　我要买些中国糕点。

　　We have cream birthday cakes，ten yuan each. Do youlike it？

　　我们有奶油生日蛋糕，每只10元，您喜欢吗？

　　Give me a cream birthday cake and two boxes of famous Chinese cakes.

　　请给我一只奶油生日蛋糕，同时还买两盒中国名点。

　　The skin of the Cantonese style cake is sweet，soft puffy palatable¹ and filled with heavy stuffing.

　　广式糕点的特点是外面的皮甜，软而松，味美，馅儿多。

　　The skin of Suzhou style cakes is puffy and filled with fragrant² nuts.

　　苏式糕点外面的皮子松、馅儿味芳香。

　　Will you wrap them up separately.

　　请你给我分开包装。

　　Anything else？

　　还要什么？

　　Nothing more.

　　够了。

　　Please step in again.

　　请下次再来。

　　Dialogue A

　　A：What can I do for you，madam？

　　B：I'd like to buy two boxes of Chinese moon cakes.

　　A：All right. We have the Guangdong style and the Suzhou style. Which do you want？

　　B：The Suzhou style.

　　A：OK. Anything else？

　　B：Let me see. Ah，yes！I want some bananas.

　　A：Sorry，bananas are out of season now. But we have some good oranges. They are just in from the country.

　　B：Good. I'll take these ten oranges. How much would that come to？

　　A：Just a moment，please. Forty yuan for the moon cakes and seven yuan for the oranges. That'll be forty－seven yuan in all.

　　B：Here you are，sir.

　　A：Thank you. Here's your change.

　　B：Thank you. Good-bye.

　　Dialogue B

　　（A：shop Assistant B：Mr Smith C：Mrs Smith）

　　A：Can I help you？

　　C：I'd like to buy some Chinese cakes.

　　A：We have cream birthday cakes，ten yuan each. Do you like it？

　　C：Fine. Give me a cream birthday cake and two boxes of famous Chinese cakes，and help me to pick a variety of them，please.

　　A：All right. For Chinese style cakes，we have the Cantonese style and the Suzhou style. The skin of the Cantonese style cakes is sweet，soft，puffy palatable and filled with heavy stuffing. The famous Cantonese cakes are moon cakes from Guangdong， Sha—pi—ma….The skin of the Suzhou style cakes is puffy and filled with fragrant nuts.

　　There are not only sweet cakes but also meat moon cakes.

　　C：Well，will you wrap them up separately？

　　A：Certainly. Any thing else？

　　C：Nothing more. How much altogether？

　　A：Nineteen yuan and forty-five fen³.

　　C：Here are two ten-yuan notes. Keep the change.

　　A：For me？Oh，no. We don't accept tips. But thank you all the same.

　　C：O. K. . Good-bye.

　　A：Good-bye. Please step in again.

　　Words and Expressions

　　Cantonese    a. n. 广东的，广东人，广东话

　　puffy     n. 松脆的

　　palatable    a. 可口的，味美的

　　stuffing    n. 填塞；填馅

　　fragrant    a. 芬芳的

1 palatable   

adj.可口的，美味的；惬意的

参考例句：

• The truth is not always very palatable.事实真相并非尽如人意。
• This wine is palatable and not very expensive.这种酒味道不错，价钱也不算贵。

2 fragrant   

adj.芬香的，馥郁的，愉快的

参考例句：

• The Fragrant Hills are exceptionally beautiful in late autumn.深秋的香山格外美丽。
• The air was fragrant with lavender.空气中弥漫薰衣草香。

3 fen   

n.沼泽，沼池

参考例句：

• The willows over all the fen rippled and whitened like a field of wheat.沼泽上的柳树，随风一起一伏，泛出白光，就象一片麦田一样。
• There is a fen around each island.每个岛屿周围有一个沼泽。